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28 Things That Are Funny
Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 3 December 2009
1. Sandwiches2. Pants3. Spirals4. Large beaked animals5. Calgary6. Falling down7. Gerbil attacks8. Fig bars
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Wynn: CityCenter's No Mirage
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 3 December 2009
Here's this week's Las Vegas Weekly "The Strip Sense" column, in which Steve Wynn takes apart what he views as a myth that there's any comparison between pre-Mirage skeptics and pre-CityCenter skeptics.Is Steve Wynn Rooting For CityCenter?By STEVE FRIESSIt’s the conventional wisdom, so naturally Steve Wynn must do his best to explode it.
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Forbes: R-J Parent Is Debt-Free
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 2 December 2009
A commenter, SG, mentioned that the Review-Journal has no debt and clearly that's looking like a better model these days given the bloodbath yesterday at the Sun as well as other waves of layoffs within Greenspun Media Group. The R-J has done some belt-tightening -- pay freezes, slimming the newspaper's width and bulk -- but not any serious layoffs that I've heard.
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Vdara, The Opening Night
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 2 December 2009
[Correction: That really is a Rauschenberg. It's on loan from Bellagio. I guess it wasn't part of the $40m acquisition, so it wasn't promoted. I stand corrected.]
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The Sun's Fired, An Accounting
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 2 December 2009
I'm working to provide a full accounting of those fired at the Las Vegas Sun yesterday. So many have had such important careers in Vegas that someone must acknowledge that as well as explain what was lost.
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The Secret Bowling Alley
Blog: Scouting NY - 2 December 2009
I received a very unexpected email last week: We recently purchased a building in Ridgewood, Queens, and while clearing out the basement we discovered a two lane manual bowling alley in very good condition. We did some research and this basement was most probably a club during the prohibition era. Would you or someone you know [...]
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Black Tuesday For Greenspun Media
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 2 December 2009
UPDATE: A list of 18 people who lost their jobs and what they did is now available in the latest post.
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CityCenter Three Ways, So Far
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 1 December 2009
Consistent blogging has been curtailed for the past few weeks by mammoth amount of coverage I've had to prepare in a relatively short period of time about, of course, CityCenter. As I told CEO Jim Murren during our interview last month, I don't know if this thing will save Vegas but it's sure as sugar saved my fourth quarter.
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Hipsters Vs. Homeys: Oakland YouTube Travel Guides
Blog: Lonely Girl Travels - 1 December 2009
“Oh hell no,” the text read. “Hipster douches filming Oakland travel video outside the shop.” This was my best friend, writing from her post behind the counter of Tattoo 13. For years, she and the fellas have maintained a comical running commentary on the goings on of the now-trendy Temescal neighborhood, knowing every event, incident and [...]
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76-Second Travel Show: 'Saving College Football, from Fort Worth'
Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 1 December 2009
Episode #011F E A T U R I N G * 3 2 * B O N U S * S E C O N D STCU WINS COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP!
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Don't Miss These Winter Festivals!
Blog: Brewster House News - 1 December 2009
Our friends at Wicked Good Travel Tips posted an article yesterday (November 30) called "New England Holiday Festivals Too Good To Miss." While we know they can't post every festival, with all due respect we think they missed a couple of good ones!
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US Sixth Fleet runs dry!
Blog: Ron in Rome - 1 December 2009
This story, published in the ITALY Magazine – the n.1 magazine for lovers of all things italian - shows that even the ”big clients” have trouble with their bills in Italy. We pay our power bill once every two months… and there IS NO consistency to the charges we receive. Our water meter is read twice a [...]
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When Hemingway Traveled to Northern Michigan
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 1 December 2009
Destination: Northern Michigan Book: The Nick Adams Stories, by Ernest Hemingway, arranged and foreword by Philip Young Before the young writer’s Paris reflected in A Moveable Feast, or the Spanish Civil War and the love of bull fighting, Hemingway had Northern Michigan. I recently read Ernest Hemingway’s Nick Adams Stories in paperback arranged chronologically.Prior to this book, published in [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library
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This show is UP: Doyle Brunson Loses A Bet
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 1 December 2009
Here's this week's show in which I won a $100 bet off the great Doyle Brunson. FULL DISCLOSURE, we gave the money to the cocktail waitress who served us in Bobby's Room during the interview. Also, Norm Clarke joined us live to answer the trivia question and explain the Anna Quindlen-Wayne Newton incident. Click on the date below to make it play or right-click to save it and listen at your leisure.
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EXCLUSIVE: GOODMAN REACTS TO BETTE-GATE
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 30 November 2009
I'm just off the line with Mayor Oscar Goodman, whom I had called for another story, and I quizzed him about the TMZ.Com video that came out over the weekend in which he called an auction bidder a "fat and short Bette Midler." Click below to see it for yourself, it's about 45 seconds:
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Why You Should Never Eat Squirrels
Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 30 November 2009
Had the pleasure of talking turquoise, Kansas side roads, Hwy 50 and why you shouldn't ever eat squirrel on Peter Greenberg's November 21 podcast.Here's the segment:
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Searching for that authentic travel experience
Blog: 501 Places - 30 November 2009
Whether we consider ourselves as seasoned travellers or occasional tourists, we invariably seek out the ‘authentic experience’ wherever we are staying. It may be the restaurant that sells authentic food, the authentic hotel run by local people, or the boat trip to visit the authentic village, where “people go about their daily lives as they [...]
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Bizarre Attack, Destroyed For Sport
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 28 November 2009
You may recall that a few months ago, the Vegas media world was in an uproar over some truly spectacular corruption committed by inexplicably still-employed KTNV anchor Nina Radetich. The anchor had tipped off an auto repair shop that her station was about to air some negative reports and suggested the owner call Nina's own boyfriend, a damage-control PR specialist.
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DOYLE BRUNSON, NORM CLARKE TODAY ON THE STRIP!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 28 November 2009
There's no Petcast taping this week because Emily's away, so we're going to play the whole Doyle Brunson interview FIRST starting at 4:30 p.m. and then Miles and I will do the whole rest of the show.
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Lisbon in New York – Part II
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 25 November 2009
It’s been a while since we brought you a Lisbon in the World post. Today we’re taking you once again to New York, pointing out the places where you can get to know a little of Portuguese culture across the Atlantic.
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45 Years Late to the Fair
Blog: Scouting NY - 25 November 2009
By the time I got there, it was gone. The World’s Fair, you ask? Nope. I am referring to something far more unbelievable… That’s right: Queens once had an honest-to-God Parks Department-approved fountain named “Fountain of the Planet of the Apes.” And if that’s not odd enough, an identical fountain on the opposite side of the Queens [...]
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76-Second Travel Show: "Pilgrim Hats, They Real?"
Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 24 November 2009
Episode #010F E A T U R I N G * 2 2 * B O N U S * S E C O N D SNO BUCKLE PLEASE
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Salvation Mountain at Slab City – Leonard Knight’s Message of Love
Blog: Tales from Technomadia - 23 November 2009
Some people have a calling, a message they must deliver to the world. Most never act on this. But a rare few are overcome with purpose, and devote their lives to the call. Artist Leonard Knight heard such a call (“to my knowledge, it was on a Wednesday, about ten-thirty in the morning in 1967″), and has dedicated [...]
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How to have a cheap Holiday or Backpacking Experience in New York
Blog: Backpacking on the Cheap - 23 November 2009
New York really is a wild and insane city!!! HUGE, in your face, full of fun and attitude!. They don’t call it the Big Apple for nothing. In this post I will cover: – How to get to New York for cheap – Cheap and free accomodation in New York – Eating Cheaply in [...]
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The House That Bowling Balls Built
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 22 November 2009
Everywhere I went in the small village of Safety Harbor, Florida, people told me the same thing: “You have to see the bowling ball house.” It was easy to find, but even without directions it would have been hard to miss the pyramid of 200 bowling balls stacked on the front lawn. Fascinated, I walked [...]
